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The Giant Cretaceous Coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) Megalocoelacanthus dobiei Schwimmer, Stewart & Williams, 1994, and Its Bearing on Latimerioidei Interrelationships

We present a redescription of Megalocoelacanthus dobiei, a giant fossil coelacanth from Upper Cretaceous strata of North America. Megalocoelacanthus has been previously described on the basis of composite material that consisted of isolated elements. Consequently, many aspects of its anatomy have re...

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Autores principales: Dutel, Hugo, Maisey, John G., Schwimmer, David R., Janvier, Philippe, Herbin, Marc, Clément, Gaël
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23209614
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049911

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